Quiste hidatídico pancreático: Reporte de un caso

Se presenta el caso de un paciente con dolor epigastrico de intensidad progresiva, cuyos estudios de imagenes revelaron la presencia de una lesion quistica de la cabeza de pancreas. Se realizo una pancreato-duodenectomia. El estudio anatomopatologico revelo un quiste hidatidico de la cabeza de pancreas, siendo el primer caso publicado en nuestra literatura nacional.(AU) We report a 56 years old male consulting for a progressive epigastric pain lasting eight months. An abdominal ultrasound and a magnetic resonance showed a cystic lesion in the head of the pancreas and bile duct dilatation. He was operated, performing a pancreatoduodenectomy with a Roux en Y gastrojejunoanastomosis. The patient has a postoperative pneumonia but the rest of the evolution was uneventful and was discharged at the tenth postoperative day. The pathological diagnosis of the surgical piece was a pancreatic hydatid cyst.(AU)